英语单词学习(1)

这个夏天选了一门课， 学习的过程中，发现自己有很多生词，有些是老词的一些新的用法， 把它们收集起来，帮助自己学习记忆。只收集自己认为有用的用法，不是简单来自词典。



1. precedent 先例， 前例

• a legal precedent
• set/creat a precedent
• precedent for
• without precedent
• break with precedent (= do something in a new way)

2. rein: 缰绳, 支配, 统治

• free rein : the freedom to do, say or feel what you want

3. predisposed 易感染的， 易于去做某件事的

• be predisposed to/toward something
• to be genetically predisposed to cancer

4. deceptive 迷惑的, 骗人的; 欺诈的; 虚伪的

• deceptive practices

5. veracity: the quality of being true, honest or accurate 说真实话, 诚实, 老实

     - the veracity of such findings may be questionable

     - Complementary qualitative evidence corroborates the veracity of such findings.

     - Veracity of this story



6. subscribe to 订阅，定购， 同意，支持

subscribe to a theory or belief

“If you agree with a theory or belief, you subscribe to it, just as

you subscribe to a magazine.”

7. prone 有…倾向的, 易于…的; 倾斜的; 俯卧的, 面向下的; 陡的

• be prone to something or do something
• be prone to sickness
• be prone to cough and cold
• be prone to heart attack
• be prone to falls due to balance problems
• be prone to back pains thanks to unhealthy postures
• be prone to anger
• be prone to aggression
• be prone to memory problems

8. subservient to 屈从于，臣服于

• Women naturally subservient to men?
• the rights of the individual are made subservient to the interests of the state

9. precedence 优先, 居先

• take precedence over
• Business people often think that fluency and communication take precedence over grammar when speaking.
• Should seniority take precedence over competence?
• Should friendship take precedence over seniority?

10. inure 使习惯

• inure somebody to something
• if you become inured to something unpleasant, you become familiar with it and able to accept it and bear it